by Heidi Harley - 5 years ago
Four executives were promoted to deputy chair while one, Liang Hua, was elected chairman of the board. Founder Ren Zhengfei remained CEO and a board member, the Shenzhen-based company said in its statement. In most Western companies, the chairmansh...
by Heidi Harley - 5 years ago
As revelers on the East Coast celebrate the arrival of a new year, scientists
by Heidi Harley - 5 years ago
When a doctor said that knee replacement would reduce her arthritis pain by 75 percent, Lake was overjoyed. “I thought the knee replacement was going to be a cure,” said Lake, now 52 and living in rural Iowa. Most knee replacements are considered s...
by Heidi Harley - 5 years ago
On New Year’s Day, the New Horizons interplanetary probe will pass just 2,200 miles from the object that is one billion miles further from Earth than Pluto, the distant dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt that itself is four billion miles from us. It wi...
by Heidi Harley - 5 years ago
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Albuquerque's zoo has received another Mexican gray wolf as part of an international recovery effort that includes breeding the endangered animals in captivity to ensure their genetic viability.
by Heidi Harley - 5 years ago
Oil prices fell on Thursday, retreating from an 8 percent rally in the previous session as the oil market focused on signs of faltering global economic growth and record production of crude. Brent crude futures dropped 4.24 percent, or $2.31, to se...
by Heidi Harley - 5 years ago
Launches, launches, launches! 2018 was a big year for liftoffs, particularly for SpaceX and its billionaire CEO, Elon Musk. The past year also saw a number of notable trips to interplanetary destinations, including the Martian surface and two asteroi...
by Heidi Harley - 5 years ago
Launches, launches, launches! 2018 was a big year for liftoffs, particularly for SpaceX and its billionaire CEO, Elon Musk. The past year also saw a number of notable trips to interplanetary destinations, including the Martian surface and two asteroi...
by Heidi Harley - 5 years ago
Thanks to 'DOOMBA,' you can fight the spawn of hell in your own living room.
by Heidi Harley - 5 years ago
Anyone who’s been part of a rowdy New Year’s celebration knows that a little alcohol can make us euphoric, energetic, and affectionate. But the more we drink, the more we descend into a (sometimes life-threatening) stupor. The scientists behind a rec...
by Heidi Harley - 5 years ago
Adam Rutherford and guests discuss 2018 in space, climate science and genetics and listeners' questions. Dr Emma Chapman of Imperial College chooses the discovery by the EDGES telescope of the first stars as her highlight of the year and answers a q...
by Heidi Harley - 5 years ago
NEW YORK (AP) — The Queen of Soul will get a royal tribute from Alicia Keys, Patti LaBelle, Kelly Clarkson and more next month.
by Heidi Harley - 5 years ago
PARIS (AP) — A 71-year-old Frenchman has departed on a journey across the Atlantic in a specially constructed barrel capsule, designed to use ocean currents alone to propel him across the sea.
by Heidi Harley - 5 years ago
K-2, though never built, would have been an impressive mix of tech from conquered Nazi Germany.
by Heidi Harley - 5 years ago
The chips will power front- and rear-facing 3D cameras of models from several smartphone makers in 2019, with Sony kicking off mass production in late summer to meet demand, according to Satoshi Yoshihara, head of Sony’s sensor division. Sony’s bull...